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Only 809 new Covid-19 cases in SA – NICD

Institute says the test positivity rate has now fallen to 3.4%

Latest confirmed cases of Covid-19 in South Africa

3 October 2021 

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa.

Today the institute reports 809 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,906,422. This increase represents a 3.4% positivity rate.

As per the National Department of Health, a further 27 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 87,780 to date.  17,783,920 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

Sector

Total tested

New tested

PRIVATE

9 587 763

53.9%

14 128

59.6%

PUBLIC

8 196 157

46.1%

9 557

40.4%

Total

17 783 920

 

23 685

 


PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN

The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (22%), followed by Western Cape (19%). Eastern Cape accounted for 16%; Gauteng Province accounted for 12%; Northern Cape accounted for 11%; Free State accounted for 9%; North West accounted for 7%; Mpumalanga accounted for 3%; and Limpopo accounted for 1% of today’s new cases.

The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

Province

Total cases for 02 October 2021

Adjusted numbers after harmonisation

Updated total cases on 02 October 2021

New cases on 03 October 2021

Total cases for 03 October 2021

Percentage total

Eastern Cape

290,771

0

290,771

127

290,898

10.0

Free State

161,652

0

161,652

70

161,722

5.6

Gauteng

916,751

0

916,751

97

916,848

31.5

KwaZulu-Natal

512,372

0

512,372

177

512,549

17.6

Limpopo

121,888

0

121,888

11

121,899

4.2

Mpumalanga

151,051

0

151,051

25

151,076

5.2

North West

149,623

0

149,623

59

149,682

5.2

Northern Cape

91,007

0

91,007

87

91,094

3.1

Western Cape

510,498

0

510,498

156

510,654

17.6

Total

2,905,613

0

2,905,613

809

2,906,422

100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n=809) is lower than yesterday (n=1 306) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n=1 354).

The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 30 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.

Sector

Facilities Reporting

Admissions
to Date

Died to Date

Currently Admitted

Private

258

199,120

36,672

3,329

Public

409

231,082

56,321

2,939

TOTAL

667

430,202

92,993

6,268

VACCINE UPDATE
For updates on the national vaccine programme, click here.

Thank you for your interest and remember that adhering to preventative measures limits your risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19. For more information on COVID-19, click here.

Issued by Sinenhlanhla Jimoh, Senior Communications Manager, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 3 October 2021